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  My Martian City

  Simmons Buntin | Fri, May 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, building, tucson, architecture, pennsylvania, arizona, ecocity, planets, martian, mars, future city, colonization, space travel, arcology | 1

  All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like.  Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet?

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  Ghosts as Urban Indicators

  Simmons Buntin | Thu, May 1st, 2008 | City: Bisbee | Tags: simmons buntin, downtown, arizona, historic preservation, bisbee, urban indicators, economic development, mining, ghost town, ghosts | 0

  Given its wild history, mountain geography, and distinct architecture, it’s no wonder that people would want to haunt the historic mining town of Bisbee, Arizona.  But what do the town’s ghosts tell us about the livability of this place?  What kind of urban indicator can spirits be?

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• Headlines

  Moms Fight High Food Costs, Wind Power and Turnaround Schools for Boston, Trees for New York, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, news, headlines, growth, cnn, education, boston, arizona, wind power, schools, inflation, gas prices, arthur simpson, maui | 0

  America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines.

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• The Daily Report

  Earmarking: A Necessary Evil

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 9th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: education, interview, evan miller, legislation, the new argument, politicians, gop, arizona, produce, washington dc, washington d.c., lobbyist, congress, advocate, connecticut, thenewargument, earmarks, earmarking, grant smith, k street | 0

  The influence of Washington’s K Street, home to the offices of D.C.’s most prominent lobbyists, can be seen on Main Streets from Sumner, Washington to Simsbury, Connecticut. From filling potholes to installing water treatment facilities, lobbyists have a growing influence on how cities, counties and states secure funding for infrastructural needs. Unfortunately, with the continuing demonizing of the earmarking process, securing such a provision has become increasingly controversial. Evan Miller of The New Argument reports. 

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• Columnists

  Dark Skies, Bright Future?

  Simmons Buntin | Tue, Feb 12th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: simmons buntin, tucson, arizona, observatory, light pollution, international dark-sky association | 0

  When plans are drawn for preserving urban environments, they often account for important systems like watersheds, transportation corridors, and infrastructure.  In Tucson, and throughout southern Arizona, the health of cities is also measured in light pollution — with a singular goal of maintaining dark skies.

  Of the 43 observatories, university departments, and institutions associated with astronomy and space exploration in Arizona — accounting for a statewide impact of $252 million…

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  A Jaguar in the Backyard

  Simmons Buntin | Mon, Dec 10th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, arizona, photography, jaguar, tumacacori highlands, new mexico, jaguar in the backyard | 0

  The American jaguar, Panthera onca, has been in science and nature journals much lately.  Over the last few years, young males have roamed from Sonora, Mexico, into the U.S.—remote places like southern Arizona’s Tumacacori Highlands and the Peloncillo Mountains straddling Old and New Mexico.  We know they’ve wandered this far north once again because they have been captured on film, and on occasion treed on the brambly edges of a sawtooth ranch.

  
  Jaguar photographed via remote camera…

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